Francine Weisweiller, "L'homme chien" (Guy Dute and Jean-Claude Petit). On the balcony Alberto Magnelli, Michele Sapone, Pablo Picasso, Renato Guttuso. During filming of "Le Testament d’Orphée", film of Jean Cocteau. At Villa Santo Sospir of Francine Weisweiller. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1959.
A surreal scene unfolds during the filming of Jean Cocteau's "Le Testament d’Orphée" at Francine Weisweiller's Villa Santo Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1959. Dressed in an elegant Victorian-style gown, Weisweiller watches the performance of "L'homme chien," featuring Guy Dute as a tailed figure and Jean-Claude Petit in a donkey-like mask. From the ivy-covered balcony above, artists Alberto Magnelli, Michele Sapone, Pablo Picasso, and Renato Guttuso observe the events unfolding in the sunlit garden below.
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